Afrikaans tragi drama

How much of who we are as a people (The People), especially a pretty fatalistic lookout on love and life, has to do with 90s Afrikaans tragi-dramas?

Off the top of my head:

1. Ballade vir 'n enkeling

2. Sonkring

3. Vyfster

4. Konings

5. Torings

6. Agter elke man

7. Orkney Snork nie and it's stellar follow up Vetkoekpaleis